Civil Aviation Minister Vayalar Ravi, while responding to a written reply in Lok Sabha, however, attributed the cancellations to the pilot strike from April 27 to May 6. He said that the major cancellations, 2753, happened because “Air India had 740 and 1,848 cancellations in April and May, 2011 primarily due to pilot strike from April 27 to May 6, 2011.
“The other airlines who had cancellations of their scheduled flights were Kingfisher Airlines (682), Jet Airways (540), Jetlite (381), Spice jet (351), indiGo (89) and Go Air (84).
“Scheduled airlines generally operate their flights on approved schedules. However, at times the flights are cancelled due to watch hour restrictions, weather, and technical reasons beyond the control of the airlines, “Ravi said.
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